Wire

Sign in to baba News

One account across the web, iPhone and Android — your subscription follows it.

or use an email code

News Plus

Welcome, one more step

The cross-newsroom layer: who covered a story, who didn’t, and how each one worded it. Plus your own news, on every device.

Follow your news

  • Unlimited follows
  • Alerts for what you follow (in the app)
  • Story alerts (in the app)
  • Hide read stories
  • The daily brief by email

See the coverage

  • Headlines side by side
  • Who reported first
  • Every newsroom clip, from every platform
  • Every newsroom photo on a story

Go deeper

  • The whole archive
  • Your reading diet
  • Duki without the daily limit
  • The Desk: the news, spoken every hour
  • Catch Me Up, and what changed since you read it
  • The Wire

Free stays free: the live wire, Not Everywhere, the brief, five follows and five Duki questions a day.

Search stories

Type at least two characters. Results come from every newsroom baba reads.

↑↓ to move · ↵ to open · esc to close

Sign in to baba News

Sign in to keep asking. News Plus removes the daily limit.

or use an email code

News Plus · Ask Duki

Keep asking Duki

A free account gets five questions a day. News Plus lifts the daily limit.

Also in News Plus

  • The whole archive
  • Headlines side by side
  • Who reported first
  • The Desk, every hour
HaaretzPolitics

Leaked Chats Show Commentator Amit Segal Allegedly Advising Netanyahu's Campaign

Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba

Center-leftNeutral tone

Hebrew · 7 newsrooms covering

Alleged private WhatsApp conversations involving Prime Minister's advisor Yonatan Urich and Channel 12 commentator Amit Segal have been leaked online. The purported chats suggest Segal offered Urich advice on Prime Minister Netanyahu's campaign speeches. Segal confirmed he has provided feedback on speeches for individuals he covered.

The story in 4 lines · by baba

  • Leaked WhatsApp messages allegedly show PM's advisor Yonatan Urich and commentator Amit Segal discussing the Likud campaign.
  • The conversations reportedly include Segal advising Urich on Prime Minister Netanyahu's speeches.
  • The alleged private chats were published on pirate websites and spread via Telegram and WhatsApp.
  • Amit Segal stated he has responded to speeches given to him by people he covered.
Leaked Chats Show Commentator Amit Segal Allegedly Advising Netanyahu's Campaign
Editorial illustration generated by baba News, not a photograph of the event.

Alleged private WhatsApp conversations between Prime Minister's advisor Yonatan Urich and others have been leaked online, reportedly appearing on Telegram and WhatsApp channels. The leaked messages purportedly show Urich communicating with associates about the Likud party's campaign and discussing senior figures in politics and media.

According to the reports, Channel 12 commentator Amit Segal is also implicated, with the conversations suggesting he offered Urich advice on improving a speech by Prime Minister Netanyahu. Segal has responded to the allegations, stating that "many of the people I covered gave me speeches and I responded to them."

HaaretzLeft · Tel Aviv

Sign in to baba News

Sign in to follow newsrooms, topics and people.

or use an email code

News Plus · Follows

You’ve used your five follows

News Plus follows as many newsrooms, topics and people as you like, with alerts for each in the app.

Your follows5 of 5 on the free plan
Or swap one out in Following

Also in News Plus

  • Alerts for what you follow
  • Hide read stories
  • The daily brief by email
  • Your reading diet

Sign in to baba News

Sign in to follow newsrooms, topics and people.

or use an email code

News Plus · Follows

You’ve used your five follows

News Plus follows as many newsrooms, topics and people as you like, with alerts for each in the app.

Your follows5 of 5 on the free plan
Or swap one out in Following

Also in News Plus

  • Alerts for what you follow
  • Hide read stories
  • The daily brief by email
  • Your reading diet

Mentioned

Open the Wire